Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 8:03 pm
We did a special hour-long news segment today on WIOX in Roxbury, which has been broadcasting via livestream while their transmitter has been down. The segment has also been picked up by several other local radio stations, including WGXC in Catskill and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 3:57 am
Above: Video of damage at the Frost Valley YMCA, created by stranded YMCA staffers up the blocked-off Oliverea Road.
Anyone with updates, please post them on our Hurricane Irene Catskills live blog.
4am, Wednesday, 8/31/11:
Frost Valley YMCA, the Full... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 2:09 am
A raft rescue on Rte. 212 in Mount Tremper on Sunday morning, August 28, 2011. Photo taken by Jan Ryan and Ann Davies:
Mount Tremper Arts posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday that everyone at its organization is safe.
Below, a YouTube video with lots... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 2:01 am
Above, a YouTube video with lots of detailed coverage of Boiceville flooding.
A photo by Jan Ryan and Ann Davies of Boiceville on Sunday morning, looking west along Rte. 28:
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 - 9:37 am
Got an idea for how to help with Catskills flood relief? Post it in the comments section here or email us at editor@watershedpost.com. We need to begin organizing to help our communities across the Catskills recover.
1) Start organizing a Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 - 9:02 am
Just got this from Liz Higgins at the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program. She is looking for documentation of flood damage from area residents to submit on behalf of county emergency responders to FEMA.
Higgins says, "It's going to be really... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 - 5:03 pm
5pm: Olive correspondent Cindy Johansen has posted photos of flooding in West Shokan on Facebook. (Two of those photos are illustrating this post.) Here's her report:
"New Creek - many, many bridges with damages - including new bridge on 28A that replaced... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 5:43 pm
We're covering Hurricane Irene live all weekend long on the main Watershed Post site. To see the very latest hurricane updates, click here.
By wateradmin on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 12:28 pm
From outside appearances, Phoenicia at least appears calm. To be more accurate it appears fully festive, with Shandaken Day opeining at 10:00 AM under a sunny and windless sky. The event started on a somber note with a deeply respectful moment of silence... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 11:00 am
According to Michele Proper-Conley, the triumphant arrival of the Olive Boy Scouts in Central Park has been understandably cancelled thanks to Hurricane Irene. From Proper-Conley's Facebook page:
Our trip to NYC to welcome our boys into Central Park is... Read more
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